Thursday, February 09, 2006

More Snowdrops From The Curate's Garden

The Government is planning to send fewer criminals to prison, and let out more who are there.

"Prison reform groups backed the plans". Uh-oh. So will criminals, then. In fact the coverage on the BBC and the Today programme could have been written by the Howard League for the Abolition of Punishment.

"Among other proposals, Mr Clarke is set to say prisoners should be made to sign contracts pledging not to re-offend in return for help with housing and jobs on release."

Bwwuuaaaaaaah-ha-ha-ha ! The guy's a genius !

Elsewhere ....

the Government are giving Sinn Fein/IRA £500,000 of OUR money, "despite protests from all sides that ministers had come close to "blackmailing" them by warning that rejection might damage the peace process." In other words, 'give us the money or I'll shoot'.

David Lidington suggested the five absent Sinn Fein MPs, including Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, who represent the political wing of the Provisional IRA, could take an "alternative" oath with references to the monarch removed.

His proposal caused outrage among Unionists, who were already infuriated by the restoration of Sinn Fein's parliamentary allowances.

6 comments:

"While sent with the good intention of reducing crime, the letter... was a mistake and incorrect"Supt Nick Hazelton

Good grief. So the police force now think that they can reduce crime just by stopping people from reporting it. What kind of strange existential reality does paperwork and statistics have for these idiots?

Mr Clarke told the Commons: "Prison does not work in stopping re-offending."

Sorry to post the obvious, but this stupid mantra of the left has been repeated so many times that many people actually believe it, and every time that I see this comment I cannot resist making three points.

Prison is near 100% effective when the scum are behind bars.

If they re-offend on release then put them back in for a longer sentence.

Where’s the data which proves re-offending is lower when non-custodial alternatives are employed?